• Topic ID: id_2012350
  • Version: 4.0
  • Date: Jul 19, 2019 10:56:08 AM

Non-electrical table option

Non-electrical tables such as FUS and Surgical Suite tables use the curved table DDQuadcal files. Do not do the procedure in this section if your site has a curved table. This section applies only to sites that have a FUS or Surgical Suite table, but do NOT have a curved table.
note: Only do this procedure AFTER running a successful DDQuadCal using the GEM flat table.

Procedure

  1. Open a c-shell and go to the correct directory.

    Example: {sdc@lx-bay} cd /usr/g/caldir

  2. List directory contents for QuadCal by typing ls -al QuadCal*.

    Be aware that the site can have several files listed, depending on the number of GEM tables or the number of times QuadCal was run with different PA coils. Select the file with the latest date. This date represents the last time that QuadCal was executed for a GEM table or PA on the site’s system.

    Only use the latest file with the “.dat” extension. Do not use files with the “.dat.LCV” or “.dat.old” file extensions.

    Figure 1. Example:

  3. Copy the existing FLAT0TABLE.dat file name by positioning the cursor at the beginning of the file name (beginning with QuadCal_) and, while holding down the left mouse button, dragging the cursor to the right to highlight the entire file name (ending with .dat). Paste the file name by moving the cursor to the proper location, and clicking the center mouse button.
  4. Confirm that the FLAT0TABLE.dat file has passing calStatusH and calSatsusC value. Type more and paste the .dat file name that you copied from the c-shell.

    If it does not have passing values, re-run quadrature calibration on the flat table to obtain passing values.

    Figure 2. Example:

    note: When entering the name for the curved table, you must type in exact characters (case sensitive): QuadCal_N_0T0DV0M0CURVED0TABLE0xxxxxxxxxxx.dat.
  5. Copy the flat table file to the curved table file by typing cp, entering a space, pasting the FLAT0TABLE.dat file name you copied above, entering a space, and typing QuadCal_N_0T0DV0M0CURVED0TABLE0xxxxxxxxxxx.dat.

    Example: cp QuadCal_Y_30T0GEM0E0FLAT0TABLE0P2P3P40xxxx_GEMSsiggjNFhn3pJ6xvsAqJoBQvFU0qb_630000001301a00f.dat QuadCal_N_0T0DV0M0CURVED0TABLE0xxxxxxxxxxx.dat.

  6. Complete a scan with the non-electrical table, such as FUS or Surgical Suite, WITHOUT using "geservice" as the patient ID to verify proper operation.